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Stamford, Connecticut, Us

Lead North America Customer Reliability Management team in delivering innovative automotive solutions.

Detroit, Michigan, Us

• At General Motors start up subsidiary, BrightDrop LLC, built a cross-functional engineering team of 9 engineers (3 Validation Engineers, 2 Performance Engineers, 1 Regulatory Compliance, 2 CAE Analysis Engineers and I Software/Firmware Engineer) in the Hardware Engineering organization. Select and integrate third party labs to execute UL regulatory compliance, environmental, EMC and electrical tests.• Achieved Product Validation Compliance Level approval on e-cart products indicating fit for purpose at customers’ sites. • Created test profiles for e-cart durability tests, including multi-axis simulation tests, slam tests, solar adherence, and environmental electrical tests. • Complied with FCC and EMC governmental regulations for last mile delivery on electric carts. • Researched processes and third-party suppliers for up-fitting electrical cargo vehicles.

Peachtree City, Georgia, Us

Panasonic Automotive is the premier manufacturer of In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) systems – audio, video, and navigation. Customers include Ford, FCA, General Motors, Honda, Nissan, Mazda and Toyota. Revenues exceed $2B.• Under the Quality organization, led a global team of 240+ engineering and quality resources in 20 countries, as well as multiple third-party providers in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Israel, Egypt, India, Russia, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand.• Created a quality organization structure that provided customer plant support during early launch and post SOP + 90. This involved rigorous product training, creation of specific test equipment and ability to operate diagnostic tools suitable for identifying root cause. • Realized significant cost reduction. Reorganized software development testing by restructuring team’s activities and replacing manual testing with automation. Realized $6M savings over an 18-month period.• Led the Failure Analysis and Validation Test labs. Coached and mentored direct staff responsible for Failure Analysis, Validation Lab, Software Testing and Service Engineering. • Mitigated risks by implementing safe launch practices at 11 FCA plant sites based on lessons learned from first plant introduction. Cost avoidance calculated at $7M. • Achieved validation lab ISO / IATF 17025 quality accreditations, including EMC.

Peachtree City, Georgia, Us

Led a team of fifty people consisting of Failure Analysis engineers and technicians, plant quality support personnel made up of third-party support teams and Panasonic in-house quality personnel. Managed a budget of $ 10M.• Directed the introduction of new automotive infotainment products at 12 customer global plants. • Earned Panasonic’s “Game Changer Award” for achieving less than two customer complaints per thousand vehicles sold for Ford SYNC infotainment system. Achieved best-in-class by JD Power ranking.• Served as on-site Panasonic Leader at customer plants during early launch activities. During difficult Infotainment plant introduction minimized stop-build charges of $1.2M to only one day. Resolved issues within four weeks.• Minimized yard-hold in Europe to two days; identified map data error and took corrective actions.• Promoted to Quality Director, Reliability & Test Compliance in 2018.

Van Buren Township, Mi, Us

Visteon Corporation is composed of multiple businesses that design, engineer, and manufacture electronics and connected car services for customers, including all the major automakers worldwide. Visteon Electronics is a $1B division of $3B Visteon. Johnson Controls sold their electronics business to Visteon in July 2014.– Led a team of 12 employees. Managed a $12M budget. Retained after Johnson Controls electronics business was sold to Visteon to lead implementation of navigation embedded software in new vehicle launches for Mazda. – Managed and integrated critical third-party software suppliers. – Drove development of an award-winning system. Visteon had never launched a navigation system. Completed development of an embedded navigation system in less than one year. Selected key navigation software suppliers. Defined work packages and schedules. – Led all activities by deploying resources at supplier sites. Achieved successful launch and enabled Mazda 3 to be named “Infotainment Car of the Year” in North America and Europe.– Wrote “clean” contracts; never a recall on the Mazda program with the customer or the supply base.– Developed navigation system to bring a new supplier on board, Nav and Go (N&G) in Budapest. They were new to the automotive industry. Worked with a team 15 N&G software development engineers.– Resolved a crisis with the Mazda program in Japan regarding the vehicle information communication system (VICS) module. Replaced the incumbent with Hitachi. Got the $2.5M contract back on track.

Cork, Ireland, Ie

– Promoted to the strategic team charged with selecting a third-party navigation supply base. – Led New Product Development (NPD) for additional Mazda infotainment systems; achieved incremental revenue of $220M for the three-year contract.– At the time, Johnson Controls was a $42B global organization. – Led a cross functional global team of 12 professional and support employees. – Built the foundation for an award-winning system. Negotiated supplier contracts for navigation and associated connected services supply base for Mazda J36 platform launch. Established Japanese supplier base for VICS special feature required in Japan market.

Cork, Ireland, Ie

– Led a global team of 23 employees. In charge of the launch of the company’s first battery management system electronics for hybrid electric vehicles. Established battery management system electronic manufacturing capabilities in Reynosa, Mexico facility. – Developed a breakthrough product. Led a geographically diverse team based in Michigan with support in France, software development in Bulgaria and manufacturing in Mexico. Built prototype and tested in Ford vehicles. Delivered the system on-time and earned the Johnson Controls Recognition Award.

St Louis, Missouri, Us

Nidec manufactures electric motors that are used in hard-disk drives, electric appliances, and automobiles, as well as commercial and manufacturing equipment. In 2019, Nidec’s annual revenue was over $13B.– After Nidec acquired Valeo, retained to lead project teams and new product launches in Juarez. In charge of capital equipment acquisition and installation to support new model years. Led a team of 12 employees. – Seized an opportunity when a competitor filed for bankruptcy, a major customer acquired the assets but needed a new supplier. Evaluated the equipment and negotiated an agreement for the customer finance dismantling, upgrading, and moving 200 pieces of assembly equipment to a Nidec facility. – Resumed production in six weeks with no disruption of service to major customer.

Paris, Île-De-France, Fr

Valeo is a $19B technology company that supplies a wide range of products to automakers and the aftermarket.– Led a team of nine program managers and three continuous improvement managers. Managed a $12M budget with a P&L statement. Achieved gross margins in the 20% range, three points above plan.– Transferred production from various Valeo sites to Juarez facility. Directed product launches. Improved supply chain management processes to minimize inventory and transportation costs. – Led Lean manufacturing initiatives. One improvement saved 15 seconds per cycle and saved $4.5M annually.– Saved a key account. Tier one automotive company was totally dissatisfied with launch of new motor product and was threatening removal of all business if launch could not be rectified. – As the newly appointed Director, traveled to the customer to hear first-hand the concerns. Developed recovery plan to resolve equipment problems, staffing and raw material issues and shared with customer. – Met all commitments, saved the launch, and kept a key customer.

Paris, Île-De-France, Fr

– Led an 18-person team. Managed a$10M budget. Completed implementation of new Advanced R&D facility. – Won R&D funding. Convinced automotive tier one users of Valeo's ability to design and develop brushless motors. Built prototypes and showcased performance through demonstrations and technical symposiums. Secured business and funding for development from Tier one automotive users. – Led development of electromechanical brushless motors for brake-by-wire automotive applications. Led development of brushless motors for electric power steering motors.

Paris, Île-De-France, Fr

– Retained after Valeo purchased ITT Automotive to direct five program managers and their project teams in launching ABS motors, air leveling compressors, seat motors, wiper motors, and electronic control modules. – Managed processes and equipment transfers to two locations.

Paris, Île-De-France, Fr

– Led team that launched new window-lift motor models for General Motors business. Led cost reduction activities savings totaling $232K in outsourcing actions and $550K in internal cost reduction opportunities.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Marketing And Finance

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.Eng), Materials Engineering

Bachelor Of Technology (Bs), Industrial Engineering

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